It's Friday -- the final day of the Summer Institute in Digital Literacy and here are some reflections from participants about why what we've been doing all week -- exploring the meaning and execution of digital-media literacy -- is important:
I am a spirit guide because I'm most invested in the emotional well being of my students. I want children to feel safe and comfortable in school….free to be who they are…free to share ideas and communicate. I want to be a role model for them they can look to for answers and information..and feel comfortable look to me. I want to help them through the high and lows of life so that they are prepared for that time when they go out on their own into the world.
-Erica Mailand, NYU grad student & elementary general ed, special ed, and art ed teacher ericamailand@gmail.com
I'm a demystifier because I am passionate about giving students the tools (teaching them to be critical thinkers) to navigate a media-rich world effectively and efficiently. (I want students to be expert consumers and creators of ALL media.)
Sharon A. Lux | Library DirectorFay School48 Main St.Southborough, MA 01772phone: 508.490.8229 | fax: 508.460.0842 www.fayschool.orgslux@fayschool.org Digital literacy is important to me because it would be doing my students a disservice to ignore a giant chunk of their current and future lives. Just as I wish for my students to be able to understand, navigate and use language, I want them to be able to understand, navigate and use digital and media tools and sources. Jillian jillianbelanger@gmail.com
After completing two media related degrees I’ve seen my world grow in a myriad of exciting and empowering ways. Sharing these skills, and demystifying the process, helps to expand the conversation in meaningful and necessary ways. Leah LubmanMiddle/High School Library Media SpecialistPaul Cuffee Schoolhttp://www.paulcuffee.org/llubman@paulcuffee.orgPeople rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. -Dale Carnegie On Sunday, I decided I was a “de-mystifier,” and yesterday, when I took the online survey, I learned that I now have a subset of being a “techie.” I’m not sure if this evolution in labels came about because I didn’t know myself well on Sunday or if I have come to respect technology tools in conjunction with digital literacy. Honestly, I expect it’s a combination of both, with a realization that the week I have just experienced has been transformative. I have had the opportunity to tear down some of the digital barriers that seemed so overwhelming prior to this Institute. But I’ve also reaffirmed that my mission --- my place in the world of digital literacy will continue to be to use technology to unpack underlying meanings and messages in media messages. I’m really comfortable with that definition of Self, and I’m ready now to continue on with my drive to incorporate critical media and digital literacy in the lessons I teach.
Carolyn :)Carolyn Fortunac4tuna@aol.comIDigItMedia.com founder I am a trendsetter because I think that we must connect to students' digital literacy(ies) in order to make school and learning meaningful to them. But teaching and learning with digital literacies is much more than the cool new thing. As educators (and we need to teach this to students) it is important to teach and learn about digital literacies because we can't assume that viewing, clicking, creating equates to digitally literate engagement. There is a great need for teaching and learning of digital literacy for responsible citizenship. Margaret C. HagoodCollege of Charleston School of Education, Health & Human Performance66 George Street Charleston, SC 29464hagoodm@cofc.edu843.953.3377Co-editor, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacyhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291936-2706/homepage/ForAuthors.html
I am a professor because I am passionate about sharing with students the insights and understandings of my discipline and subject matter content in ways that spark students enthusiasm for learning and grasping their world more deeply with critical and analytical tools and concepts. Digital literacy tools fit the bill—and turn students into instructors who can extend their knowledge beyond the classroom and become more capable of intervening in social concerns of their local and global communities.
Kristin Koptiuch
Associate Professor of Anthropology
School of Social & Behavioral Sciences
New College of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Arizona State University West Campus
4701 W Thunderbird Road
Phoenix, AZ 85069602-463-4742 Koptiuch@asu.edu http://west.asu.edu/koptiuch/
*What digital literacy means to me? *It is about creating NOT the creation.It is about being powerful NOT the power.**It is about the process NOT the product.**It is about connecting NOT the connections.**It is about learning NOT training.**It is about the future NOT today.* Hope Hall hallhope@gmail.com I am a motivator because at the end of this inspiring week I feel deeply committed to spread the word of digital literacy in my small faraway country. Myriam, a teachers educator in Israel Myriam Darmoni Charbit972-9-7451070972-54-6646168myriamdarmoni@gmail.com
Digital literacy is meaningful because, ideally, it has the potential move people from passive to powerful citizens.
Digital Literacy is important to me because my students use digital technology all of the time. I know from my own classroom situations that students at all levels are much more engaged in learning when they can be active users and creators of media messages.
I'm a Teacher 2.0 because I value media and technology tools especially here at the Digital Literacy Institute because it matters....to open up the world to our students & the possibilities for my students to become informed and active participants in their communities/world.
Digital literacy is meaningful to me because it is a new frontier (to be clichéd) and I want to be part of something new and exciting and make a difference.
Digi Lit is important to me because my students see these tools as relevant and valuable, and to share that common language fosters good communication, which is the basis for education. Susan Piperata Unger susanpunger@gmail.com
I am a motivator because I make every attempt to speak to my students in their “language(s)” (technologies, culture) and in turn, they are more willing to speak to me in my “language” (literature, academic language). Digital literacy is important to me because I teach Seniors and I cannot send them into the world (college, career, military) without them being aware of the world that exists. -
Erica DeVoe erica.devoe@gmail.com "Life, however hard, is prefreable to the alternative." -Aesop-
I am a lifelong learner because my desire to learn more will never fully be satisfied (and I’m okay with that). Bill Marsland bill.marsland@gmail.com I am an ALT because I want people to find their own way to their knowledge and appreciate the many ways in which people learn and grow. I want to be open in my learning through my guidance of their journey.
Frank RomanelliWriting Instructor
University or Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881(401) 324-9141AIM/Google/Twitter: speakwrite41fromanelli@uri.edu "You must be the change you want to see in the world." -- Gandhi Leap, and the net will appear
I am a demystifier because I believe that when we model critical thinking for students, they become critical thinkers.
Previously, I considered myselfAfter reviewing the Motivations Horoscope again this morning, I have come to the conclusion that I have morphed into a new motivation – a Hybrid Digital Renaissance Man; because I now clearly see that am represented by and driven by elements across all the motivational spectrum.
Charlie Blanchette bottleguy44@gmail.com I'm a change agent. After this week at #digiURI, the passion I have as a journalist to seek to inform the public now has a new dimension – offering tools to the public to help the public inform itself. So that just as media-literacy and digital-literacy educators have that task in K-16 – helping learners to be smart-media users and creators --- journalists (and librarians) have that obligation and opportunity with the general public.
It's Friday -- the final day of the Summer Institute in Digital Literacy and here are some reflections from participants about why what we've been doing all week -- exploring the meaning and execution of digital-media literacy -- is important:
I am a spirit guide because I'm most invested in the emotional well being of my students. I want children to feel safe and comfortable in school….free to be who they are…free to share ideas and communicate. I want to be a role model for them they can look to for answers and information..and feel comfortable look to me. I want to help them through the high and lows of life so that they are prepared for that time when they go out on their own into the world.
-Erica Mailand, NYU grad student & elementary general ed, special ed, and art ed teacher
ericamailand@gmail.com
I'm a demystifier because I am passionate about giving students the tools (teaching them to be critical thinkers) to navigate a media-rich world effectively and efficiently. (I want students to be expert consumers and creators of ALL media.)
Sharon A. Lux | Library DirectorFay School48 Main St.Southborough, MA 01772phone: 508.490.8229 | fax: 508.460.0842
www.fayschool.orgslux@fayschool.org
Digital literacy is important to me because it would be doing my students a disservice to ignore a giant chunk of their current and future lives. Just as I wish for my students to be able to understand, navigate and use language, I want them to be able to understand, navigate and use digital and media tools and sources.
Jillian
jillianbelanger@gmail.com
After completing two media related degrees I’ve seen my world grow in a myriad of exciting and empowering ways. Sharing these skills, and demystifying the process, helps to expand the conversation in meaningful and necessary ways.
Leah LubmanMiddle/High School Library Media SpecialistPaul Cuffee Schoolhttp://www.paulcuffee.org/llubman@paulcuffee.orgPeople rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. -Dale Carnegie
On Sunday, I decided I was a “de-mystifier,” and yesterday, when I took the online survey, I learned that I now have a subset of being a “techie.” I’m not sure if this evolution in labels came about because I didn’t know myself well on Sunday or if I have come to respect technology tools in conjunction with digital literacy. Honestly, I expect it’s a combination of both, with a realization that the week I have just experienced has been transformative. I have had the opportunity to tear down some of the digital barriers that seemed so overwhelming prior to this Institute. But I’ve also reaffirmed that my mission --- my place in the world of digital literacy will continue to be to use technology to unpack underlying meanings and messages in media messages. I’m really comfortable with that definition of Self, and I’m ready now to continue on with my drive to incorporate critical media and digital literacy in the lessons I teach.
Carolyn :)Carolyn Fortunac4tuna@aol.com IDigItMedia.com founder
I am a trendsetter because I think that we must connect to students' digital literacy(ies) in order to make school and learning meaningful to them. But teaching and learning with digital literacies is much more than the cool new thing. As educators (and we need to teach this to students) it is important to teach and learn about digital literacies because we can't assume that viewing, clicking, creating equates to digitally literate engagement. There is a great need for teaching and learning of digital literacy for responsible citizenship.
Margaret C. HagoodCollege of Charleston School of Education, Health & Human Performance66 George Street
Charleston, SC 29464hagoodm@cofc.edu843.953.3377Co-editor, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacyhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291936-2706/homepage/ForAuthors.html
I am a professor because I am passionate about sharing with students the insights and understandings of my discipline and subject matter content in ways that spark students enthusiasm for learning and grasping their world more deeply with critical and analytical tools and concepts. Digital literacy tools fit the bill—and turn students into instructors who can extend their knowledge beyond the classroom and become more capable of intervening in social concerns of their local and global communities.
Kristin Koptiuch
Associate Professor of Anthropology
School of Social & Behavioral Sciences
New College of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Arizona State University West Campus
4701 W Thunderbird Road
Phoenix, AZ 85069602-463-4742
Koptiuch@asu.edu
http://west.asu.edu/koptiuch/
*What digital literacy means to me?
*It is about creating NOT the creation.It is about being powerful NOT the power.**It is about the process NOT the product.**It is about connecting NOT the connections.**It is about learning NOT training.**It is about the future NOT today.*
Hope Hall hallhope@gmail.com
I am a motivator because at the end of this inspiring week I feel deeply committed to spread the word of digital literacy in my small faraway country.
Myriam, a teachers educator in Israel
Myriam Darmoni Charbit972-9-7451070972-54-6646168myriamdarmoni@gmail.com
Digital literacy is meaningful because, ideally, it has the potential move people from passive to powerful citizens.
Brien Jennings
brienjude@gmail.com
Digital Literacy is important to me because my students use digital technology all of the time. I know from my own classroom situations that students at all levels are much more engaged in learning when they can be active users and creators of media messages.
Kara Clayton
clayka01@southredford.net
I'm a Teacher 2.0 because I value media and technology tools especially here at the Digital Literacy Institute because it matters....to open up the world to our students & the possibilities for my students to become informed and active participants in their communities/world.
Thanks,
Linda Middleton
lm7452@gmail.com
Digital literacy is meaningful to me because it is a new frontier (to be clichéd) and I want to be part of something new and exciting and make a difference.
Joan Eldredge-Mouradjian
School Library Media Specialsit
Narragansett Pier Middle School
jmouradjian@narragansett.k12.ri.us
Digi Lit is important to me because my students see these tools as relevant and valuable, and to share that common language fosters good communication, which is the basis for education.
Susan Piperata Unger
susanpunger@gmail.com
I am a motivator because I make every attempt to speak to my students in their “language(s)” (technologies, culture) and in turn, they are more willing to speak to me in my “language” (literature, academic language). Digital literacy is important to me because I teach Seniors and I cannot send them into the world (college, career, military) without them being aware of the world that exists. -
Erica DeVoe
erica.devoe@gmail.com
"Life, however hard, is prefreable to the alternative."
-Aesop-
I am a lifelong learner because my desire to learn more will never fully be satisfied (and I’m okay with that).
Bill Marsland
bill.marsland@gmail.com
I am an ALT because I want people to find their own way to their knowledge and appreciate the many ways in which people learn and grow. I want to be open in my learning through my guidance of their journey.
Frank RomanelliWriting Instructor
University or Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881(401) 324-9141AIM/Google/Twitter: speakwrite41fromanelli@uri.edu
"You must be the change you want to see in the world." -- Gandhi
Leap, and the net will appear
I am a demystifier because I believe that when we model critical thinking for students, they become critical thinkers.
~Michelle Schira Hagerman
mschirahagerman@gmail.com
Previously, I considered myselfAfter reviewing the Motivations Horoscope again this morning, I have come to the conclusion that I have morphed into a new motivation – a Hybrid Digital Renaissance Man; because I now clearly see that am represented by and driven by elements across all the motivational spectrum.
Charlie Blanchette
bottleguy44@gmail.com
I'm a change agent. After this week at #digiURI, the passion I have as a journalist to seek to inform the public now has a new dimension – offering tools to the public to help the public inform itself. So that just as media-literacy and digital-literacy educators have that task in K-16 – helping learners to be smart-media users and creators --- journalists (and librarians) have that obligation and opportunity with the general public.
Bill Densmore
Consulting Fellow
URI-Harrington School of Communication & Media
617-448-6600
wpdensmore@gmail.com
http://tinyurl.com/densmore
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